BCCCEmployees

Bias, Opie, UMWA Chairman (this is my Great Uncle)

Burgess, Clifford - Inside worker (brother of Shelby Burgess)

Davis, Harry - Chief, Electrical & Mechanical Operations

Demjin, Frank - Delivery (and Monclo Scout Master)

Gayhart, Roy - Electrician & Shop Foreman (my grandfather)

Hicks, Clifford Curtis - Surveyor Crew / Slate Picker

Hicks, Clifford D. - Coal Cutting Machine Operator

Lane, Gay - Company Store (dau in law of Shady Lane)

Terrel, "Cussin" - Inside Miner, Outside Spirit Sales

They thought of the present and they thought of the past,

Submitted by Debbie Thompson, granddaughter of Austin Schultz, one of the 24 rescued men.

If anyone can identify the men that are only identified by last name, I'd like to add them to the Employee list or at least identify them here:

Note from Shelby Burgess: They selected hugher ground & waited on help to arrive.The mine was flooded at the entrance and they had no escape. Oliver " Pot " Smith knew every passage in the mine, and got to them by using old worked out routes. He led them to the outside.



This page was last updated on: 3/20/08

			BCCC Employees

	I thought this was a neat idea, submitted by Shelby Burgess, to post names and titles of the men who worked for the BCCC. Please email me with any additions. These contributions so far have been mostly submitted by Shelby Burgess and Tom Gayhart. A few people are now contributing the names of their father's or grandfather's. In places where conflicting job titles were submitted, both are given.

		A Adams, Ray - Warehouse Manager Alley, Moses - # 6 Store Manager Anteski, Benny - Clerk at the "Y" B Baldwin, Brice - Electrical & Refrigeration Baldwin, Shadie - Mechanic Company Vehicles Ball, Jack - Preparation Plant (tipple) Ball, Nick - Coal Delivery Bias, Opie, UMWA Chairman (this is my Great Uncle) Bella, Kathy - Company Office Bella, Steve - Company Store Brim, Charlie - Shop Crew Brim, Dane - Company Store Brown, R. H. - Section Foreman Brown, "Squirlie" - Shop Repair Brown, Virginia - Nurse Browning, Herb - Motorman Browning, Hershel, - Cutter Operator Browning, Silas - Security Guard Browning, W. D. - Security Guard / Deputy Sheriff Burgess, Basil - Motorman Burgess, Clifford - Inside worker (brother of Shelby Burgess) Burgess, Don - Foreman (inside mining) Burgess, Donald - Inside Miner Burgess, Ed Jr. - Inside Miner Burgess, Ed Sr. - Inside Miner Burgess, Jim - Section Foreman Burgess, Raymond - Inside Miner Burgess, Sherman - Inside Miner C Carrasco, Joe Sr. - Inside Miner Carroll, Jessie - Inside Miner Castle, Ervin - Tipple Chambers, Bill - Chief of Tipple Operations Chambers, Bruce - Dispatcher Inside Mines Clay, Charlie - Inside Miner Cline, Thomas - Mine (Inside) Superintendent Cook, Bill - Section Foreman Cook, Charles (Buckshot) - Engineer and Surveyor Cook, Palmer - Building Carpenter Coon, Harry - Inside Miner Copher, H. L. - Superintendent Crabtree, Frank - Inside Miner Crumb, George - Inside Miner D Davis, Harry - Chief, Electrical & Mechanical Operations Demjin, Frank - Delivery (and Monclo Scout Master) Demjin, Margaret - #2 Store Doss, Elbert - Inside Miner Doss, Lousill - Office Monclo Store E Echols, "Deck" - General Office Elkins, Lowell - Foreman (inside mining) Epling, Other - Monclo Office Eylam, Audie - Inside Miner F Fargo, Bert -- Inside Miner Fargo, George - Coal Loader Fargo, Joe - Inside Repair Fargo, John - Track Man Flint, Oscar - Butcher Monclo Store Fraley, Arthur "Doc" - Armiture Repair Frame, Dr. Ray I. - Physician G Gayhart, Roy - Electrician & Shop Foreman (my grandfather) Greenwall, Ed - Superintendent Grimes, George - Preparation Plant (tipple) Guy, Lloyd - Carpenter H Hager, Lonnie - Section Foreman Harris, Charles Edward Harris, C. R. - "Y" Assistant Harris, Crit - Construction Harris, Danvil "Dan" Harris, Henry "Ime's" - Ventilation Harris, Ishamel "Ish" - Cutting Machine Operator Harris, Jesse - Preparation Plant; Construction Harris, Millard Hicks, Clifford Curtis - Surveyor Crew / Slate Picker Hicks, Clifford D. - Coal Cutting Machine Operator Honaker, Wirt - Store Manager; Monclo #2 Howard, Robert - Director of the YMCA Howell, John - Inside Miner I Ireson, Dan - Store Manager J Jack, J. L. - Engineer Jack, Riddle (Mrs. J. L. Jack) - Nurse Jarrell, Fred - Inside Miner Jarvis, Bill - Cutting Machine Operator Johnson, Red - Inside Miner Jones, Bill - Inside Miner Jones, Carl - Inside Miner K Kincaid, William - Engineering and Maps Kinney, Sherman - Inside Miner L Lane, Charles - Tipple (son of Shady Lane) Lane, Earl - Shop (son of Shady Lane) Lane, Gay - Company Store (dau in law of Shady Lane) Lane, Ezra "Shady" - Chief Welder Lane, Willie - Repair Shop (son of Shady Lane) Lee, Bob - Shop Repair Lewis, Raymond - Inside miner Linville, Raymond - Foreman (inside mining) Linville, William - Inside Miner Littleton, Milt - Inside Miner M Mann, James - Inside Miner Martain, Dude - Post Office / Mine Office Monclo Martin, Dude - Payroll McAlister, Ted - Warehouse McCormick, Ray - Inside Miner McKinney, Frank - Inside Miner Miller, Foy - Foreman (inside mining); shop Moore, E. L. - General Office Morton, Ralph - Section Foreman Mullins, Edward - Preparation Plant (tipple) N Nickles, Leonard - Inside Miner O Orlando, Katie - Clubhouse Attendant P Patterson, Hatler - Inside Miner Pennington, Herbert - Pumper / Inside Miner Phillips, Andy - "Y" Assistant Manager Phillips, Gus - Inside Miner Preston, Calvin - "Y" Assistant Manager Q Quillen, Harry - Inside Miner R Reed, Eldon - Outside Reed, Ernie - #2 Store Manager Reeves, C. H. - Inside Miner Reid, Ernie - Grocery Manager Monclo Store Reid, Gladys - Switchboard Operator Robinson, Mr. - Keeper, Horse Barn, Nr 6 Camp Robinson, Paul - Construction Robinson, Sarah - Secretary Roe, Alvie - Inside Miner S Sachs, Rodney - General Manager Scholl, C. B. - Engineer Schultz, Austin - Suttle Car Operator Schultz, Richard - Miner Schultz, Roberta - Company Store Sects, Jim - Office Selkirk, Macy - Secretary Sholl, Bob - High School Coach Smith, Archie - Truck Driver Smith, Arnold - Motorman Smith, Artie - Painter (He only had one arm) Smith, Ernal - Cutter Operator Smith, Lako - Foreman (inside mining) Smith, Mooch - Inside miner Smith, Oliver - Foreman (inside mining) Smith, Pershing - Foreman Sullivan, Fred - Preparation Plant Sullivan, Harold - Store Manager T Terrel, "Cussin" - Inside Miner, Outside Spirit Sales Trent, Curt Sr. - Section Foreman Turner, Bob - Section Foreman Turner, Hugh - Section Foreman Turner, Ray - Inside Miner V Valandingham, Sam - Inside Miner W Waddell, K. R. - Inside Section Foreman Ward, Lonnie - Coal Cutting Machine Operator Warreck, Gus - Inside Miner Walker, Owen - Inside Miner Welch, John - N. Y. Church, Army Scout Master Wesner, Richard - Superintendent White, Basil - Tipple Foreman White, Greeley - Cap Dropper White, Paul - Test, Evaluation White, Willie - Inside Miner Williams, Chambers (Red) - Office Manager Williams, Jessie Riggs - Butcher; Company Store Williamson, Hi - Miner Wilson, Al - Vice President Y Young, Ruth Dr. - Company Doctor Z Ziler, "Pop" - Manager All Stores Sudden Inundation of No. 2A Mine Boone County Coal Corporation Monclo, Logan County, West Virginia May 8, 1958 Twenty-Four Men Thursday, May 8th, after dinner time, 24 men were trapped in a mine. Of their jobs these men were proud, 24 men in this little crowd. Near the drift mouth there was a scramble, Their friends and loved ones and their families, With anxious faces and tear stained eyes; While many a prayer went up to the vaulted skies. I stood and watched as the waters rolled out; I saw some weeping as I turned about; Silent prayers were uttered deep within, While we thought about the 24 men. They had eaten their food and drank teir drinks, Now God had given them a time to think. They thought of the present and they thought of the past, And they began to wonder how long they would last. It was the darkest day they ever knew, They had to trust God to bring them through, More than 13 hours they stayed this way, Not knowing they would ever see the light of day. Men worked for a living and play a game to win, but let me give you the names of the 24 men. There was Flannery, Schultz and Dawson, Bowen, Richards and Johnson. In a place black as night Were also Hamilton and Willie White. Just wait and I'll tell you more, There was Bradley, Burgess and Gore. They were fenced in like a chicken, Here were Thompson, Phillips and Kitchen. There sitting on the mine floor Were Castle, Bob Turner and Carrasco. To the rest this wasn't a pleasant place to choose, For Ray Turner, Cottrill and Zickefoose. These names were in a paper that came daily, Including Baldwin, Collins, and Fraley. The grim reaper failed to work his sickle, He also spared Leonard Nickles. May we pause every now and then And thank God for the rescue of the 24 men. Local Union No 2935 Sharples, WV 5/8/58 Submitted by Debbie Thompson, granddaughter of Austin Schultz, one of the 24 rescued men. If anyone can identify the men that are only identified by last name, I'd like to add them to the Employee list or at least identify them here: Austin Schultz Ed Burgess Jr Ray Turner Bob Turner Willie White Leonard Nickles Arthur "Doc" Fraley Joe Carrasco Sr. Unknown Baldwin Unknown Collins Unknown Cottril Unknown Zickefoose Unknown Castle Unknown Thompson Unknown Phillips Unknown Kitchen Unknown Bradley Unknown Hamilton Unknown Gore Unknown Flannery Unknown Dawson Unknown Bowen Unknown Richards Unknown Johnson Note from Shelby Burgess: They selected hugher ground & waited on help to arrive.The mine was flooded at the entrance and they had no escape. Oliver " Pot " Smith knew every passage in the mine, and got to them by using old worked out routes. He led them to the outside.